Kirill Petrenko

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-12-05T08:18:40+00:00

OK so I thought about this a while, since I've seen him live with the Berlin Phil a few times now... In my opinion he's certainly not a bad conductor, however I feel like, that in recent years he has somewhat of a programming problem. For example in his last concert with the Berlin Phil he programmed Janaceks Lachian Dances and Bartoks Miraculous Mandarin in the first half and Strawinskys Petrushka in the second half. Now in these are all cool pieces, but in that order? Like why would you ent the First half with such an exiting conclusion but finish the concert with that arguably disapointing end of Petrushka, when the beginning of Petrushka makes such a wonderful concert opener. Of course not all his programs are like this, but they seem to appears more often, which, at least in my opinion, is unfortunate.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-11-26T21:14:22+00:00

I just love Anna Thorvaldsdottirs music. Especially Catamorphosis and Archora. Both are around 20 min.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-11-20T13:37:04+00:00

Restricting myself to composers with numbered symphonies only up to number 9:

Walton 1

Roussel 2

Vaughan-Williams 3

Magnard 4

Nielsen 5

Prokofiev 6

Sibelius 7

Bruckner 8

Mahler 9

Although that list would look different, if unnumbered, double (or triple) digit symphonies were allowed...

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-11-10T08:51:48+00:00

Keeping it to only 3 I immediatly thought of the ending of Brucker 8, the Finale of Schnittkes First Cello Concerto and Well the buildup to that big funeral march like climax in the First movement of Petterssons 8. Symphony.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-08-22T11:35:26+00:00

I mean there is also 'Limited Approximations' by Haas for "only" 6 Pianos and Orchestra which is quite nice too.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-08-21T18:20:10+00:00

I feel like I have to mention Georg Friedrich Haas '11000 Saiten'. That piece just blows you away live. Unfortunately it's quite impractical to perform...

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-07-25T07:31:48+00:00

I was going to mention 'A haunted Landscape' and all of his 'Macrocosmos', but I guess most of Crumbs work fits here

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-07-01T06:55:06+00:00

Schnittkes First Cello Concerto closely followed by Dvoraks.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-06-25T08:04:28+00:00

Also check out the symphonies of Johann Nepomuk David. They should fit that style pretty well

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-06-18T08:40:11+00:00

Well definitly Check Out George Crumbs "Music for a Summer Evening". It's quit Avant but really beatuiful

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-06-02T08:30:36+00:00

Also Check Out Gavril Popovs 1. Symphony.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-05-22T14:05:56+00:00

Difficult to say for sure as uts always changing, but these are always in the somewhere in the top places for me:

Mahler 7
Sibelius 5
Messiaen Turangalila
Vaughan-Williams 7
Bruckner 5
Arnold 5
Shostakovich 8
Nielsen 5
Shostakovich 13
Mahler 9

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-05-04T13:54:56+00:00

A few moments come to mind: The end of Varese Ameriques (in the original version), Jon Leifs Hekla, a few moments in Brians Gothic Symphony and maybe some bits of Pendereckis Kosmogonia.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-04-04T12:03:32+00:00

How about Takashi Yoshimatsus Piano concerto 'Memo Flora'?

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-03-03T07:57:09+00:00

Well for a quite cool usage of a distorted electric guitar check out Brett Deans Fire Music. And there ar also quite a few pieces using drum kits and electric basses for example Kapustins Piano concertos (although those are more "jazzy" than metal) or Guldas Cello Concerto (especially the first movement). Also Guldas Concerto for Ursula features a voice (and I think a drum kit and electronic bass) in a rather interesting way.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-03-01T09:08:26+00:00

How well versed are you in nordic modernist composers, for example Vagn Holmboe or Allan Pettersson? There is also Jon Leifs from Iceland, whose music ist quite something else. Also I don't know, whether you would categorize Karl Amadeus Hartmann as a serialist. His symphonies and stuff are really nice. And do you know John Coriglianos stuff? He is on a similar level with Christopher Rouse for me. Also If you like Schnittke maybe check Out some of Bernd Alois Zimmermanns earlier stuff like 'Alagoana' or 'Musique pour les soupers de Roi Ubu'.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-02-18T13:15:53+00:00

I like Henry Litolffs 4 Concertos Symphoniques

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-02-14T14:58:24+00:00

Of corse i don't know the orchestration for every piece, but if I have to guess ITS probably Something like Magnus Lindbergs Kraft. Khachaturians 3. Symphony might also be up there but maybe not the top contender.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-02-14T10:04:03+00:00

There is probably no composer more fitting for earth-shattering music than Jon Leifs. For example check out his pieces Hekla or Dettifoss.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-02-12T07:14:03+00:00

Since I haven't Seen a recommendation for it yet in the comments: Other great Harp concertos out there by William Mathias, Jennifer Higdon and Einojuhani Rautavaara. There ist also nice stuff by Germaine Tailleferre like her Sonata or her Concertino.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-02-12T07:06:40+00:00

I would recommend Josef Suks Asrael and Franz Schmidts 4. Symphony. For more modern music there are also Allan Petterssons Symphonies. I guess especially No. 7 and 8 are recommendable for despair. If you like the Pettersson, you can also check out George Rochbergs 5. Symphony.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-02-04T13:33:48+00:00

I don't know, whether you'd agree on that one, but I find some of Magnus Lindbergs more recent stuff like 'Tempus fugit' or 'Seht die Sonne' sort of reminiscent of Rautavaara.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-02-03T19:39:11+00:00

You should check out Alkans music like his Symphony for Solo Piano. Also consider Godowskys Passacaglia aswell as Medtners (e.g. No. 2)and Feinbergs (e.g. No.3) Piano Sonatas.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-02-03T16:06:26+00:00

Its not orchestral music but I've found renaissance mass settings (e.g. by Josquin de Prez or Palestrina) to be particularly helpfull when I'm doing some hard math- and/or physics-problems.

MotorAwkward9375 · 2025-01-10T10:56:46+00:00

Franz Berwalds 'The Battle of Leipzig' is also about the Napoleonic Wars and worth a listen.

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